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I got another chance to do investigating regarding why my socks are wet. I used a hose and placed it around various spots (fresh air intake, windshield seal, etc.) One thing I found interesting is that the water, believe it or not, appeared to accumulate behind the trunk seal then seep through were the seal has deteriorated wick down the hinge and find its way through the firewall into the cab and eventually onto the floor. It sounds like a long shot, but I am going to replace the trunk seal. While I was playing water boy, I ran the hose full flow through the fresh air boxes...no leaks. I did find that the windshield wiper motor had water dripping from above. It's hard to tell, but I think the wiper fluid spray nozzle is allowing in a bit of water. What did seem to help was to silicone the two holes in both sides of the fenders (antenna wire hole on driver's side, I don't know what the other wire is on the passenger side). Joe -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:51 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: RE: [T3] Water leaks? On 20 Mar 2003 at 6:33, Vlach, Joe -CKHS wrote: > I checked the drain hoses, took them off, blew through them, looked through > them...nothing really. I blew through the defrost/fresh air mech., all hoses > and got under the dash. I noticed the p.o. used silicone to apparently seal > the plastic fresh air "box" to the underside of the dash. Did you poke a stick up into the air boxes thru the 2 nipples that the drain hoses connect to? The air boxes often get crud collected on their bottoms which just lays there and blocks the hole, so that the drain hoses still can't do any good. You can also poke a rod down from above; just push it thru the hole that you can see from outside and it should come out the inner nipple. You have to do more than just poke a hole thru any crud, you really have to clear it out or the next time it rains the crud will all wash over to the low spot and collect over the outlet, blocking it again. > This morning, more dripping water. It looks like I need to tear into the > dash to take a look @ things. The question is, has anybody had problems here > before? Is removing the fresh air box difficult? Is there a seal between it > and the body? Every one of us has been thru this. It is fairly easy to remove the air boxes, but getting to them is a hassle. They're just held up by 4 nuts and there is a rubber gasket around each one. The gasket is NOT the problem, however, because if the air boxes fill up with water the water will spill out of the air openings before it gets up high enough for the gaskets to come into play. The gaskets just prevent rain from blowing in and around the top when you're driving. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org